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John Carey, literary eminence who excoriated snobbery, dies at 91 -- Pugnacious, fearless, and disdainful of academia's more pretentious mores, Professor Carey was a paradoxical figure in the British literary establishment for more than half a century.

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Sue Bender, who wrote about living with the Amish, dies at 91 -- In Ms. Bender's 1989 book, "Plain and Simple: A Woman's Journey to the Amish," she recounted how she learned from her hosts to recognize the beauty in the everyday, the peace that comes from slowing down, and the dignity of ordinary work.

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Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building -- The law explicitly prohibits the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone other than president Kennedy, and from putting another person's name on the building's exterior.

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